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VOLUME II. LAS VEGAS. NEVADA. JULY 21. 1906. NUMBER 18.
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Jim Harvey Cornea With Word of the
Increased Wonderful Showing in
Patsy Clark's Copper Mines In
The Funeral Range.
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A 8TAMPEDE IS ON INTO THE
DISTRICT.
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In Another Thirty Days a Town Will
Spring Into Being aa Great at Rhy
olite. — Information in Detail
About the Paet and Future.—
Coihn* of "Butte Evening
News" and Charley Booth
of Montana on Velvet.
KEEP BOTH EYES ON THIS
COUNTRY.
Johnnie Siding, on the line of the
I,as Vegas and Tonopah railroad, la
where Ed. W. Clark has had his for
warding department following the line
of the road aa it wan being completed
and It Is where the Johnnie mine is
situated, some twelve miles distant,
and, too, where all of the freight has
to be hauled to the Furnace Creek
district, where Patsy Clark has his
great copper properties.
This station Is and wiii be ihe nat
ural outlet into that country from this
direction and south of us, and It
promises to be a station on the line of
that road for some time that will gain
considerable prominence on that ac
count.
“Jim’' Harvey came Into "own last
Wednesday, accompanied by H. L.
Percy, of lx>s Angeles, and they came
in with glowing reports of the future
of the mines and their prospects. Mr.
Percy is an old friend of Mr. Harvey
and he was invited over to the mines
to see with his own eyes the mines
which promises so much for Nevada.
Mr. Perey was delighted with what he
saw and he came ladened with ore to
show to others as also to his friends.
Mr. Harvey was not loaded down as
heavy as was Mr. Percy, but he had
with hint a sample of the ore taken
from the bottom of the 125-foot shaft
that showed that the ore body has
continued to Improve from the grass
roots to the present depth. The ore
certainly looked good and it was good,
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averaging 30 per cent from across the
shaft. There is no telling how wide
the lead Is, over 300 feet, for the re4
son there has been on crosscuts or
drifts run from the shaft in any dl*.
rectlon since they commenced to sink,
or will there be until the management
has gained sufficient depth to war
rant them in doing so.
There are untold hardships to con
tend against at present and the great
est Is that of water. The company
have a six-mule team on the road
which hauls 550 gallons of water at a
load, but this Is more water thaa the
company requires at the present time
and It Is sold by the freighters to the
prospectors at the mine for $5.00 a
barrel. Considering the distance, the
prospectors are very fortunate In be
ing able to secure water at that low
price.
For the present all of the mines find
an outlet by way of Johnala, but in
about thirty days a considerable por
tion of freight and passenger traffic
will be able to go in by way of the
Borax Smith road from the Borax
station, a distance of thirty miles from
the center of the district. Mr. Har
vey says that this will be improved
upon later as the road can be reached
In twenty miles and probably a siding ,
will be put in there later. The dis
tance from the Lida C. mine, one of
the principal borax producing proper
ties, belonging to Mr. SnTUh, is thirty
five miles, and a town of some con
siderable importance promises to
spring up there. ,
Together with the team hauling
wnter for the mine, the company have
another of fourteen animals constant
ly on the road hauling freight. The
roads, considering that they are desert
roads, are of the best and the mules
can pull a good load over them. At
this time there are eighteen men em
ployed in the Patsy Clark properties,
three eight hour shifts of six men on
each shift.
There are other Butte men operat
ing In the district. Charles F. Booth,
of the Daly Bank A Trust company, of
that city, and Manager Collins, of F.
Aug. Heinae’s Butte Evening News, are
over there and they are doing business
along real old mining lines. They
have several promising properties and
as Tirrlvn from.that locality, it
is claimed that they have mines that
will In a short time place them up
amongst the ranks of the millionaires
It has been reported that Mr. Helnae
had also become Interested In several
claims, but it has since been learned
that he has not unless he Is Interested
with Charley Booth and Mr. Collins.
The leads of the district run as wide
T5he KET> CKOSS
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LAS VEGAS ^ ^ NEVADA
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service in keeping with the surroundings. Only die
Best Liquors sold. Eighty ear.-old Atherton Bourbon
N mo-year/old Thos. Moore Rye.
Complete Line of Finest Case Goods
aa 300 feet tn width on the surface and j
they dip to the north about twenty j
per cent from the vertlcle, running1
high In copper and averaging abont
,$3.00 In gold to the ton.
People have heard ao much about
the hardships endured on the desert,
and more especially In Death Valley,
that they are lead to believe that there
is a great scarcity of water when such
is not the fact. Of course the water la
not In such abundance here as that it
can be found In other parts of the
United States, but of all this barren
waste on this great American desert.
Death Valley is the best watered ot
all tn this region.
Mr. Hasvey informs us that from
500 to 600 Inches can easily be devnl*
oped in Ash Meadow Valley, s strip
of fertile soil forty miles long by
twenty miles wide and as he remarked
the finest strip of land in the state of
Nevada. There are natural artesian
wells In which water can be sesn hob
bling as deep as the eye can reach in
its depths. On other parts of the des
ert water is not found so abundantly
as that in Ash Meadows, but there has
been many an adventurous person who
have laid down their Ufe in this coun
try and at times very often when not
far from a babbling brook.
A stampede is on into that country
now. but It is nowhere near what It
will be in the next thirty days. Quite a
number are straggling Into camp, and
some are prepared to endure the hard
ships that generally go with the open
ing of a new camp, while there are
others who have not even as much as
a canteen of water, and they depend
on others. A little town has already
sprang into existence in the close vi
cinity of Patsy Clark’s mine and it
continually grows each day. The
country is located about for miles, but
there is always an opening for the
persistent and industrious and there
will be many a claim staked and lo
cated that was never dreamed of. and
good ones, too. This district is a new
one and only found place on the map
within the last year. The wages are
the same aa those that prevail in the
mines of the Bullfrog country and as
It is well known that Butte men know
how to please the underground toiler,
the mines are hurdly 'ever under the
disadvantage of a shortage of men
-tn the Bullfrog country there are all of
the luxuries of a city life, but here
among the mines of Funeral Mountain
one must put up with camp life, and
even for all that there Is not a more
contented crew of men than those em
ployed by the Furnace Creek compa
ny, and the other mines of the dis
trict.
As to the future of this district, there
can be no doubt. It has passed far be
yond the stage of a venture and the
Furnace district will tend to build up
the greatness of I^as Vegas and add
to the magnificent possibilities of her
sister town, Rhyolite. Only about a
year ago there was hardly anything
known of the Bullfrog and nothing at
all about the Furnace Creek mines. In
the Funeral Range, but today with the
little that is known about either, the
positive fact Is clearly demonstrated
that Nevada within a very few years
will eclipse the earth with the vast
amount of her mineral productions
With their greatness, great must be
Las Vegas, for It Is Impossible to be
otherwise. We will be a city equal to
Spokane; yes, and mightier.
A JURY TRIAL.
Following Out Instruction* •• Dictated
By tho Grand Jury.
Sheriff Johnson and District Attor
ney Horsey were in the city during
the week. They have been performing
certain labor laid down by the last
grand jury in relation to the denisens
ol the lalf-world. 7wo case*
heard before Justice Ralph, one pie&d
ing guilty and getting thirty days,
while the other entered "not guilty"
and was given sixty days. The state
was represented by District Attorney
Horsey and the defense by "Dick"
Bus teed.
Both Sheriff Johnson and Mr. Horsey
left for Pioche Wednesday, accom
panied by the two prisoners.
NEAR POTOtl.
Rich Ore Encountered Running Away
Op »n the Theueende.
A report reached Las Vegas on
Tuesday of this Week that a wonderful
strike has been made in the vicinity
of the Potoel mine.
~ Prom samples placed on exhibition
in town the ore bristle* with silver in
its every native fora, and It will run
all the way from 11,000 to $M00 to the
ton.
THE CAVE SPRINGS DISTRICT.
One Other Rich Reglen Stepping
Proudly to the Front ae a
Bonanza Producer.
This la another of the Funeral
Range dlatrlcta, but It Is mined for
gold and hot for copper.
J M. Hargrave came In from there
Sunday, and he says: Mr. Mecblach
lanto commenced with a shipment of a
ton and a half of ore for a mill test
ruh to the Needles the other day and
their returns showed $185 In gold and
silver. This was only for a mill test,
and the ore came from the Raleigh.
W. A. Anderson made a shipment
as well about the 10th of about the
same quality from the Index and It
nstted the owner $137 In gold, silver
and lead.
Mr. Hargrove is operating a prop
erty for Pittsburg parties, the shaft Is
but 30 feet deep, but the sight of gold
that can be seen sparkling along the
lead even for that distance would
make any prospector on the desert en
vious.
George King, of the Desert King. Is
making a mill test of 100 tons at
Rose's Wells, which has averaged thus
fir $18.40 a ton from wall to wall. The
lead is from two to three feet and the
general average la about the same,
hardly varying 10 cents in a ton either
by assay or mill test. A tunnel has
been run along the trend of the vein
460 feet and the same favorable con
dlttons apply to the vein the entire
distance In the tunnel.
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BITTER SPRINGS.
Man and Burro Are Now Objects of
Curiosity—Skinned Slick.
A prospector had a very severe ex
perience the other day in Death Valley
and his poor old burro shared with
him in his misery and discomforts.
They had traveled along the valley
nearly all day. The aun had been
pouring down intensely hot and they
had consumed the last bit of water
both In the cans on the “Jack" and in
the canteen. They were suffering from
horrible thirst when the burro scented
water and made for It. The burro
waded right in to the pool, but the
prospector jumped in lnuris and all.
71** -ere Ttrr ---- .. In Hum mil for he
noticed a tingling sensation that told
him all waB not sr It ought to be. The
burro reached the rame conclusion
about the same time, and when both
had time to reflect the prospector was
shaved as clean of all hair from bead
to foot as a mortal man could be. and
so was the burro to the belghth of
where the water had reached upon
him.
The springs are what are known as
•Flitter Springs," and though It does
not kill unless drank to excess, It has
the effect of removing hair as slick as
bolting water. Both man and burro
was seen in town Sunday arid they
were the slickest looking paid that
anyone could gaze upon.
Another spring, fortunately, was In
cloae proximity to the poisonous one,
where both camped for the night, and
after due reflection they decided mat
ters might have even been worse. The
bunt) swallowed a mouthful, but not
enough to have any effect. The pros
pector had not taken any. Bitter
Springs are poisonous, and it was but
a miracle that both did not suffer
death.
The bone* and skeletons of many
were strewn about, and even a notice
of danger, but being thirsty, they
drank, investigating afterwards with
the above result.
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WARMER THAN HADES.
*The Weather Almost Intolfsable, and
Prospectors Suffer Press tbs
Hot Wevo.
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It has been extremely warm on the
j desert during the past week, so much
■ so that what work is being done on
i the mines must be performed early in
| the morning* and late in the even
ings.
On tome of the properties work
has been suspended until the warm
weather moderates to the extent that
a man can do something other than
put in hit elegant good time trying to
keep oooi.
FROM MISSOURI.
What the Boye Are Grinding Out In
Mm Lae Vegas Co.’s Property.
_ The Missouri, the property of the
I JIB Vega* Development Co, Is a very
prosperous mips of that name The
lead la seven feet wide, containing SO
per cent lead and going 96 in gold
The Big Store
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FINE CLOTHING
SHOES THAT FIT AND WEAR
FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
KITCHEN UTENSILS
* Fine Line of CIGARS and TOBACCO
We have the agency for the deli cions
Hazlennt Creamery BUTTER, every pound
guaranteed satisfaoiory.
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
W. E. Hawkins
The Leading Merchant
If Yon Get It of Hawkins, It’s Good
None of this stock Is on the market,
for the reason the holders realize they
have a good thing and they propose to
hold to It. F. S. Hall, the manager of
the company, was In the city over the
Sabbath, as he says to escape from
the severe warm weather. They have
a 35 foot on the lead and as soon as
the weather will permit they will con
tinue it to the 100-foot level, from
which point drifts will be run both
ways from the shaft to TWvelop the
property.
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A WARNING TO PROSPECTORS.
Kane Springs Has Gone Entirely Dry
—Sixty Miles With no Water.
We take this method of notifyTnjT
prospectors and others who might
have to make a trip into the Death
Valley regions and alT who may he
compelled to travel that road that they
will have to carry water from Garlic
Springs to Saratoga Springs for beast
and man. Kane Springs have gone
completely dry, an unusual thing for
them to do at thia time of year.
This makes a stretch of sixty miles
to haul water, there being no water at
all between the points mentioned. Thia
Is a warning that prospectors and
others might profit well by heeding,
for to neglect taking advantage of it
may result in untold hardships, suffer
ing and death—a death the moot hor
rible to contemplate.
Ed. W. Clark is In the city, having
returned from Caliente after a pro
"RjngPd illiseuce.—cut m^ir « «nt t«T
the fronf to visit hla brother Prank
last Thursday. Ed is a real desert
rustier. ...... ____ ^
REAL ESTATE AND WINING
Information Bureau
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